Zero Waste Secretariat Consultant at United Nations Human Settlements Programme

Job Description

Responsibilities
The Consultant will focus on collaborations and the communications, mainly on achieving zero waste goals. This will involve cooperation to address waste management challenges, promote good practices, and raise awareness. The Consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:
1. Webpage Maintenance
• Regularly update the webpage with new content, including knowledge products, event announcements, and reports.
• Ensure the website is user-friendly and accessible.
• Monitor the webpage for technical issues and liaise with IT support to resolve them.
• Organize and archive older content for easy retrieval.

2. Online Meeting Facilitation
• Provide real-time technical support during meetings to troubleshoot issues.
• Ensure proper functioning of audio-visual equipment for hybrid meetings.

3. Data Management
• Create and maintain an organized database of Advisory Board members, meeting schedules.
• Update the database regularly with new information or changes.

4. Digital Design
• Design simple, visually appealing materials such as flyers, banners, and templates for meetings and events.
• Customize visuals to align with the project’s branding and messaging.
• Revise designs based on feedback from team members.

5. Stakeholder Engagement
• Formulate a tool to collect feedback from stakeholders, including youth
• Test tools for functionality and ease of use before deployment.
• Collect feedback from stakeholders and summary the results on stakeholder engagement.
• Provide technical support to stakeholders using the tools if needed.

6. Evaluation matrix for decision making
• Create a structured evaluation matrix table with rows for alternatives and columns for criteria, including spaces for scores and weights, based on provided criteria
• Ensure the file is clear and user friendly, by applying formatting, such as colour coding, borders and formulas for calculations (if needed)

Qualifications/special skills
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a closely related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. A minimum of 3 years’ experience in web development, computer science or a related field with extensive knowledge of related software is required. Excellent technical skills and the ability to design, develop and maintain sub-sites are also required. Experience in the usage of Drupal, PHP, JavaScript (React/Angular/Vue), C#, MySQL, PostgreSQL or an SQL server, as well as office software packages (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), is needed. Experience in the United Nations or other international development agencies is regarded as an asset.